The Kings are making the most of their ownership of their NBA Development League affiliate, the Reno Bighorns.

“We have a detailed player development (plan) outlined for each one of our players and then when we send a guy down, we tell (Reno coach) Joel (Abelson) these are the certain areas he really needs to work on,” Kings coach Michael Malone said. “They work with us and that’s one of the reasons we bought that team.”

That’s beneficial in the case of Kings rookie guard Ray McCallum, who was recalled from the Bighorns in time for Tuesday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans at New Orleans Arena.